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Section 15: Landlord's interest belonging to housing association, etc.

Rent Act 1977 · 1977 c. 42View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Preliminary

A tenancy . . . shall not be a protected tenancy at any time when the interest of the landlord under that tenancy belongs to a housing association falling within subsection (3) below; nor shall a person at any time be a statutory tenant of a dwelling-house if the interest of his immediate landlord would belong at that time to such a housing association.

A tenancy shall not be a protected tenancy at any time when the interest of the landlord under that tenancy belongs to—

the Regulator of Social Housing
a housing trust which is a charity ...;

nor shall a person at any time be a statutory tenant of a dwelling-house if the interest of his immediate landlord would belong at that time to any of those bodies.

A housing association falls within this subsection if—

it is a private registered provider of social housing,
it is a registered social landlord within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act), or
it is a co-operative housing association within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985.

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In subsection (2) above "housing trust" means a corporation or body of persons which—

is required by the terms of its constituent instrument to use the whole of its funds, including any surplus which may arise from its operations, for the purpose of providing housing accommodation; or
is required by the terms of its constituent instrument to devote the whole, or substantially the whole, of its funds to charitable purposes and in fact uses the whole, or substantially the whole, of its funds for the purpose of providing housing accommodation.

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